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We define the harmonic evolution of states of a graph by iterative application of the harmonic operator (Laplacian over $Z_2$). This provides graphs with a new geometric context and leads to a new tool to analyze them. The digraphs of…

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We describe a deformation of the observable algebra of quantum gravity in which the loop algebra is extended to framed loops. This allows an alternative nonperturbative quantization which is suitable for describing a phase of quantum…

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A spin network is a generalization of a knot or link: a graph embedded in space, with edges labelled by representations of a Lie group, and vertices labelled by intertwining operators. Such objects play an important role in 3-dimensional…

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We investigate the construction of coherent states for quantum theories of connections based on graphs embedded in a spatial manifold, as in loop quantum gravity. We discuss the many subtleties of the construction, mainly related to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Daniele Oriti , Roberto Pereira , Lorenzo Sindoni

Loop Quantum Gravity defines the quantum states of space geometry as spin networks and describes their evolution in time. We reformulate spin networks in terms of harmonic oscillators and show how the holographic degrees of freedom of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Florian Girelli , Etera R. Livine

Bell-network states constitute a class of diffeomorphism-invariant and entangled states of the geometry within loop quantum gravity (LQG) that satisfy an area-law for the entanglement entropy in the limit of large spins. The fluctuations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-07 Bekir Baytaş

Interacting spin networks are fundamental to quantum computing. Data-based tomography of time-independent spin networks has been achieved, but an open challenge is to ascertain the structures of time-dependent spin networks using time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Chen-Di Han , Bryan Glaz , Mulugeta Haile , Ying-Cheng Lai

In loop quantum gravity, partitioning graph introduces boundaries and entanglement between spin sub-networks, reflecting non-local degrees of freedom and correlation amongst spatial regions. This gives rise to the view of coarse-graining,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-24 Qian Chen

We perform a rigorous piecewise-flat discretization of classical general relativity in the first-order formulation, in both 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions, carefully keeping track of curvature and torsion via holonomies. We show that the resulting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-03 Barak Shoshany

The intuitiveness of the tensor network graphical language is becoming well known through its use in numerical simulations using methods from tensor network algorithms. Recent times have also seen rapid progress in developing equations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-30 Sebastian Meznaric , Jacob Biamonte

In the long-standing quest to reconcile gravity with quantum mechanics, profound connections have been unveiled between concepts traditionally pertaining to quantum information theory, such as entanglement, and constitutive features of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-28 Eugenia Colafranceschi , Gerardo Adesso

Prediction and control of network dynamics are grand-challenge problems in network science. The lack of understanding of fundamental laws driving the dynamics of networks is among the reasons why many practical problems of great…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-02-02 Konstantin Zuev , Fragkiskos Papadopoulos , Dmitri Krioukov

The Hamiltonian constraint remains an elusive object in loop quantum gravity because its action on spinnetworks leads to changes in their corresponding graphs. As a result, calculations in loop quantum gravity are often considered…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-28 Thiago L. M. Guedes , Guillermo A. Mena Marugán , Markus Müller , Francesca Vidotto

We consider a network of n spin 1/2 systems which are pairwise interacting via Ising interaction and are controlled by the same electro-magnetic control field. Such a system presents symmetries since the Hamiltonian is unchanged if we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Francesca Albertini , Domenico D'Alessandro

In this study, we model a spin-network in loop quantum gravity as a regular tetrahedral lattice, applying lattice physics techniques to study its structure and vertex dynamics. Using the area eigenvalue, $A\propto 8\pi l_P^2$, we derive a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-22 Noah M. MacKay

This paper proposes a framework to ensure the existence of dynamical system trajectories in the state space of labeled, weighted, and attributed graphs. The evolution of such a system exhibits hybrid behavior: discrete jumps affecting the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Arthur Doliveira , Christophe Roman , Guillaume Graton , Mustapha Ouladsine

We show that Vassiliev invariants of knots, appropriately generalized to the spin network context, are loop differentiable in spite of being diffeomorphism invariant. This opens the possibility of defining rigorously the constraints of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Griego , Jorge Pullin

This thesis, explores the quantum entanglement and evolution through both a geometric and dynamical perspective. The first part focuses on classical phase space and its central role in Hamiltonian mechanics, emphasizing the importance of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Jamal Elfakir

We embark on the vast program of integrating the dynamics of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). Adopting the strategy of decomposing spin network states into small blocks of (quantum) geometry which can later be glued back together, we focus on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-30 Mehdi Assanioussi , Etera R. Livine

I discuss the role played by the spin-network basis and recoupling theory (in its graphical tangle-theoretic formulation) and their use for performing explicit calculations in loop quantum gravity. In particular, I show that recoupling…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Roberto De Pietri